Quotes by Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu (Laozi) is the traditional author of the Tao Te Ching, a short book of 81 chapters. Historians disagree about whether he was a single person, and the book probably reached its present form over several centuries. The wording here is James Legge’s 1891 translation, which calls the book the Tao Teh King.
He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent.
The highest excellence is like (that of) water.
The journey of a thousand li commenced with a single step.
The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.